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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-20
yOu,lOO Stories.

Lucy Howard and Sarah Haywood,
two co;ored women, were quarreling in
the streets at Namcraw, Ga, when q
woman named Marshall also co ored,
interfered and separated them. AS the
Marshall woman was walking away
Sarah Haywood touched hec on the
shoulder with a goose feather and she
fell to the ground in swoon. She
was at once taken home and cared for,
but remained in q coRat Sc condition,
and died without uttering a word.
Sarah Haywood has local reputation
as a voudoo queen, and the negroes
think that she is responsible for the
Marshall woman's death. he cor
oner's verdict, however, was to the
effect that she died of paralysis.
A great many sudden and mysterious
deaths have recently occurred among
the negroes of Marion County, in
Southern Mississippi, and many of the
blacks in that part of the State believe
that they are victims of the vengeance
of an old voudoo doctor who died near
Columbia a month ago, and who had
frequently complained that they neg
lected him for the white mems phvsi-
clans. They say that he has returned
to earth in the form of the dreaded
might DOCTOR" to see whom is fatal.
Many of the more superstitious blacks
declare that they have heard the spirit
of the old voudoo man rushing through
the streets at night, accompanied by
the low, moaning wind which always
attends the night doctor on his terrible
mission.
A negro cook at Athens, Ga, had q
severe attack of rheumatism in the back
not long ago and called in a voudoo
d. ctor to treat him. The voudoo man
said that his patient was under the ma
lign influence of an enemy, and, going
out into the yard, returned with a
piece of red flannel tied in the middle
of n blue string, which he declared to
he the cause of all the trouble. The
offending cloth was burned in the sick
room to the acc Impairment of weird
incantati ms, the patent said he was
much better, and the doctor, having
received his proper fee, 4parted.
Frank Win, precOcious young
colored boy of Dallas, Texas, has sho1n
considerable inventive skill, and many
of the more superstitious of his race
think that he is in league with the
devil. Last week some OF the credu-
ious blacks tried to rout Satan out of
the young inventors dwelling by nail
ing up the door and suspending before
it strands Of hair tied around bits of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-20
When Bar nun Paid for Drinks.

At recent dinner, by the way,
story was told of Barnum "He is a
temperance man now" said one of the
party, but remember when he set up
the drinks for distinguished crowd
He didn't do it out of pure good-nature,
either. 1t was twenty six years ago,
at the Profile House in the Franconia
Mountains. Barnum was feeling pretty
smart in those days, and he had been
playing his Jokes and cute tricks rather
freely about the house A lot OF guests
sat on the piazza of the hotel. Among
them were Commodore Vanderbilt, w.
H. Vanderbilt, another of the family,
I Gov. Gilmore's son, John Hyde, the
artist, Barnum, and number of others,
including myself Young Gilmore was
a lively young chap then, but he has
deteriorated and become a minister
since. Gilmore put up the job and let
us all into it. He twisted the talk
around to physical prowess, and got
Barnum to brag about how fast he
could run. Across the plateau in front
of the hotel was a rail to which horses
were tied. Gilmore proposed that we
all start from the piazza and run to the
Tdll, anu ludJ tne laSI man 10 tOucn the
rail with his hand pay for the drinks
for the crowd. Everybody agreed and
we got into line, all except the Commo-
dore, who sat ON the piazza and gave
the word. p. L. was lively and conf
dent, and waited impatiently for the
word. The Commodore said Cor and
away went the greatest show on earth
like Jumbo in sprint race. He took
the lead right away. Everybody else
pretended to run for all that was in
them, but took care not to get ahead of
=. L. The Snowman got there in great
style, put his hand on the rail, and
turned round in triumph. There stood
the rest of the crowd in line behind
him, not one touching the rail. When
he heard the Commodore roar, he took
in the situation. He was the only one
who put his hand on the rail at all.
Barnum set them up, but he was so
mad that he couldn't tell a plausible
fairy tale for week. ALBANY Jour
1lnJ
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-20

broken glass. To clinch the argument
with the black fiend they tackled a
horseshoe on the Intel of the door and
attached precious rabbits foot t. the
knob.
A little negro girl of Calhoun, Ga,
goes up into the mountains every day
or two and talks, so she says, with an
obliging angel, who tells her a great
many mysterious secrets. The black
people place great deal # confidence
in her revelations, and await her COM
ing and going with anxious interest.
Her latest piece of information is that
the town will be visited by u cyclone
following close on the heels of dis
astrous earthquake, before the year is
oHt, and will be totally DESTROYED.
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Indispensable.

There are many plants, like the mis-
tletoe and the dodder, which draw their
life from other plants, instead of from
the ground; and in the same manner
many animals subsist only upon other
animals. Indeed, we may almost
reckon man himself as nothing better
than such parasite, in circumstances
like those described below.
A people who live neither by agri-
culture nor the pasturage of sheep and
cattle, nor yet, properly speaking, by
the chase, as the chase is ordinarily un-
derstood; a people who have for food
neither beef, mutton, nor pork; neither
fruit, breadnor vegetables neither sug-
ar nor salt; who have for drink neither
tea, coffee, wine, beer, nor spirits of
any kind: for clothing neither silk,
cotton, taxen, nor wooden stuffs; who
have neither iron, nor steel, nor lead,
nor copper, nor gold, nor pottery; who
have for fuel neither wood, nor coal,
nor peat-such apeople are the Esaui-
maux; or, as they call themselves, the
"Innuits" of the Arctic.
1t seems at first sight impossible that
men should live amid such conditions.
The things have enumerated appear
to include all the possibilities of food,
clothing and fire found on the earth;
and the question unconsciously arises to
our lips, "Can people, then, live with
out either of these three first necessi-
ties of life-food, clothing and fire?"
But the Innuits, deprived literally of
everything which, in our cline, makes
life possible, have nevertheless found
in the world they have chosen, or into
which they have been driven, the means
of existence in a very different shape
from that in which they abound il our
southern cline.
They have found them all-food, fire,
light, clothing, arms, implements, ev-
erything-combined in one single an
imal.
That animal is the seal. Without it,
the existence of man in these regions
would be an impossibility. It's flesh
supplies him with food; its blubber
with light and fire; its skin with cloth
ing and shelter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-20

peoples tell me 1t vhas n fairy story, but /
doan know. Well, now to pegin
Vonce upon some times a poy named
Shacob Hornberger lif by der Black Forest
nit his parents. Dot poy doan lie und
shteal, but he vhas cruel in his mindt. If
he sees some odder leedle poy he likes to
hit him NIT club, und if he sees some
leedle girl he like to pinch her ind make
her yell so loud as a cannon. Dot vas a
pad preenciples, children. If you doan
have some mercy und sympathy for odder
people you Will some day shtand oop on
der Sallows TO be hung.
Well, to proceed some more, dot poy
Shacob vhas tickled all oafer when he hat
some shance 10 be cruel mit dumb brute.
1t vhas his delight to throw stones at some
dogs, hunt down cats, und kill off der in
nocent birds. If he doan' be cruel to some
thing during der way he doan' shleep goot
at night Lots of peoples talk TO him und
eff him goot advice, but Shacob yhas no
peter. When poy doan heed der words
of his parents und friends it vhas badt for
him-werry badt. He vhas on der plank
roadt to destruction, ind he dies some aw-
full death.
Well, one day Shacob finds rabbit nit
two proken legs, und he vhas nefer so
tickled before. 1t vhas a shancs to pc
ture dot poor rabbit. A leedle oldt man
NIT hump on his pack und one white eve
brow comes oudt of der woods shus den
und says:
Was YOU do, eh, Shacob? You doan'
be cruel to dot poor rabbit, | hope?"
Il like to skin him alife!" says Shacob.
"But if you touch him you shall be pun
ished."
IND now, shildren. vhas you suppose
dot poy didt? He jabs dot knife into dot
rabbits eyes und laughs ha! ha, ha, to
hear him cry oudt midi pain, Howefer,
he hadt no sooner done dot dan der old
man makes two signs like dot und says:
Il turn dot poy into n lean, blind wolf,
ind l bid him 60 off NIT der Black Forest.
Dot rabbit vhas all right again!"
IND, shildren, shust like you lif, Shacob
becomes a plind wolf, NIT all his ribs plain
to be seen, ind dot rabbit goes scamper-
ing OFF on four legs, NIT his eyes as goot
as eater. Dot wolf bowls nit hunger ind
pain, und While he runs he knocks himself
oafer lots of times ind vhas paddy used
oop. If he can't see he can't catch some
thing TO eat, ind in little time he goes
deadt.
If YOU see some rabbit, shidren, you
Will notice how crooked his hindt legs
vhas. Dot vhas because dey vhas proken.
You notice some specs in his eyes. Dot
vbas because he vhas cured so Queek of his
blindness. Dot vhas my story, leedle ones,
und like you 20 remember 1t. Der poy
who likes to gf pain to some helpless ami
mai Will come oop to some badt man. 1t
yhas peter dot oar hearts vhas always
full of pity und mercy, und dot We vhas
always ready NIT charity for der unfortu-
nate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-20
How 10 Carve Poultry.

An expert carver can divide poultry
without removing the fork from the
breastbone or turning the bird on the
dish, but beginner will do well to
have a small fork at hand for the pur-
pose OF laying cut portions aside as the
carving progresses. Turn the bird so
that the carving fork can be held in
the left hand and firmly fixed in the
breastbone. and use a sharp knife with
a small flexible blade. First cut of
both drumsticks at the knee joint, and
then remove the second joints. With
a tender bird this is not q difficult
matter; but both strength and skill are
necessary to cope successfully with q
tough or underdone turkey, because
very strong sinews are plentiful all
about the leg joints. Next cut off the
first joints of the wings, or the pinions,
and then the joints nearest the body.
This method OF cutting off the first
Joints of the legs and wings of the body
saves that troublesome feat of holding
those members while they are being
disiointed; frequently they slip about
on the platter and spatter the dish
gravy.
After the wings are renewed cut off
the merry thought or wishbone, and
then the wing side bones which hold
the breast to the backbone; then carve
the breast in medium thin slices, and
serve the bird, giving gravy and stufiing
on each plate. If the diners are nu-
merous it may be necessary to cut off
more of the flesh, and even to d smem-
Der the carcass. This can be done with
more or less ease, as the carver under
stands the anatomy of the bird. If a
carver would study the location of the
joints while carving, and take the
trouble to cut up several cafcasses by
str king the points where the bones are
joined t gether, subsequent carving
would be easy. The joints of all birds
are similarly placed, so nearly identi-
cal in point of junction that one is q
guide to all others. --,Juliet Corso,i, ia
Harper's Bazdr.
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sALGA Ell SOL.
By FRED LUCIA soUIEns.

sIf the sun care to rise, lot him rise.
And il not let him ever lie hid;
For the light from my lady-love's eyes
Shines forth as the sun never did.
IN the moon care TO shine, let her shine,
But her glimmer is duller by far
Than a dream of a face which is mine
or face which beams bright as star
II the forest glades glitter in light.
IL their song-birds stop singing to cali;
would heed them no longer. in might
They're surpassed by my lady-loye tall.
II the world care to charm, let IL try
Let its dreams come again unto me;
And too soon, will il find that not L,
BIT itself, will, enthralled, worship thee
*-Salga oil Sol, ST Ia dc salir,
Y 81 no, que nunca salga;
Que para alumbrarue mi,
La luz de tus ojos basta.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-20
Your Ton of Coal.

Someone has thus figured on the in
gradients of ton of coal. Besides gas,
ton of coal will yield 1000 pounds
of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water
and 40 pounds of coal tar. Destruc-
tive distillation of the coal tar gives
500 pounds of pitch, II pounds OF
creosote, Ii pounds of heavy OILS, 90
pounds of naphtha yellow, 90 pounds
of naphthaline, 40 pounds of naph-
thol, 2.25 pounds of alizarine, "a
pounds of solvent naphtha, l.5 pounds
of phenol, IL pounds of auriDe, IL
pounds of analine, or pound of tolu-
dine, g. Is pound of anthracine and o.9
pound of toluene.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-20
No Lady.

Mary-An' how do yez like y'r new
place, Jane?
Jane-It's auare place for a self-re-
spectin' girrul ike me. Ohm used to
workin' fer leddies.
Mary-An' amt she Teddy now?
Jane-Sure, no. Oh don't behave
she ever had money enough to kape q
girrul before. She's no Teddy at all, at
all.
Mary-An' plat makes We think so,
Jane?
Jane-Ochl She's so perlite an SAT
wild me.-Tid- Bits.
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CARL DUNDER.
A Fairy story After the German.

Veil. shildren. maybe you like to hear
rue talk some moro says Carl Dunder in
Detroit Free Press. / vhas oanly an oldt
Dutchmans. but if do you some goot dot
vhas all right. 1 guess l tell you aboudt
some badt bov-a Teller who vhas named
Shacob Hornberger, and who Lii Ply dot
Black Forest in Shermany. Vhas tell
YOU happened so long ago dot my great
grandfather vhas leedle poy. haf some
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IT is remarkable how much more re-
ligious person can be in well-fitting
dress aud a love of bonnet than in q
lot of dowdy old buds Exchange.
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WHITE hairs are like the sea foam
which caps the waves after a storm.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-15
A Chinese Pugilist.

The throng of people passing up and down Kearney' street, opposite the old city hall, were immensely amused recently by grotesquely one- sided set-to with bare knuckles, says the Altd Cdhfornid. Three dapper young men with shining tiles and gorgeous cravats were spreading themselves on the promenade like 8 three pronged rainbow, when the evil genius of one of them prompted him to indulge in little pleasantly at the expense of Chinaman. The heather was next to the wall, and as he attemped to pass the heart break ing trio the one on the outside gave his companion push. This pumped him into Johns corpus, and was no doubt very funny.
 Right here the fun stopped, how ever, for the Chinaman let out his right hand and carromed on the young mans jaw. The Chinaman then attempted to go his way, but the young man was not satisfied with the hint he had received, and he squared off at the Mongol in fighting pose. His two companions showed a disposition to take hand in demol- ishing the Chinaman, but several white bystanders declared that they would see fair play. A wild lunge on the dandy's part was skilfully parried by the Chinaman, who countered with sounding whack on his opponents jaw, sending him to the sidewalk in limp and scattered condition. Then the heathen added insult to injury by cooly stamping the young mans Derby hat as fiat as a pancake. The on-lookers howled with delight, and the infuriated young man made furious dash at his Chinese antagonist, but the latter landed him "corker" on the nose, which brought the claret. John now began to prance around as though he had just got unlimbered for hard fighting, but his white foe, who looked like member of the Olympic club, snuffed the blood up his nose and looked despairingly around for succor. His friends looked askance at two stalwart bystanders who insisted on fair play, and concluded not to take hand. They edged off little and cried out: "Come on, Nose; you might get arrested" The battered young man took the advice and left the Chinaman in possession of the field, while the crowd jeered and laughed. The defeated young man walked off,strying to stanch the bleed- ing of his nose, while his friends at- tempted to straighten his hat into shane.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-15

irons in the fire at once. Beware oi "outside operations"
 Read the newspapers, and keep thor oughly posted with regard to trans actions of the world.
 Be careful to advertise in some shape or other, because it is evident that if a man has ever so good an ar- ticle for sale, and nobody knows it, il will bring him no return. The whole philosophy of life is, first SOW and then reap. This principle applies to all kinds of business, and to nothing more eminently than to advertising If man has really good article there is no way in which he can reaE more advantageously than by "sow. ing" to the public in this way.
 Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business Large stores, gilt signs, flaming ad. vertisements will all prove unavail. ing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The nor, kind and liberal a man is, the nor, generous will be the patronage be. slowed upon him.
 Preserve your integrity it is more precious than diamonds and rubies The most difficult thing in life is te make money dishonestly. Our pris. ons are full of men who attempted tt follow this course. No man can bt dishonest without soon being found out, and when his lack of principle il discovered nearly every avenue tt success is closed against him forever Strict honesty not only lies ct tho foundation of all success in life finan. cially, but in every other respect Erchange.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-15
Literary Eminence.
Boston Transcript.


 Hawthorne used to ride up and down in his latter years, he tells us, with plenty of people who knew him well as the ex-surveyor of the port of Salem, but who never knew that he had written anything and had never heard of the Scarlet Letter" In Samuel Longfellow's memoirs of his brother there is an entry from the poets diary in which he tells how 8 ''society woman," at whose table he was dining one day. asked him, 'Oh, Mir. Longfellow, have you ever pub lished boOk?" This was after two- thirds of his life's work was done. Literary eminence does not effect much lodgment in the minds of peo- pie of a certain grade. The other day, the listener is told, a gentleman came into a barber-shop just as Dr. Holmes was going out, and occupied the chair that the autocrat had vacated.
 "Do you know who that was that just went out?" said the barber.
 The visitor was curious to see what account of Dr. Holmes the barber would give, and shook his head.
 "Why, said the barber, "that's old Dr. Holmes"
 "And who is Dr. Holmes?,
 "Oh, he's been a doctor here a great many years. believe he ain't prac- ticin' any more, but he's thought a great deal of"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-15
BY THE SEA.
meadow floats,

meadow floats, And shmmers on the surface of the seas, Where the spread sails upon the masted boats Await the coming of the breeze. There is no ripple in the tall green grass, No rustic in the ieafy bOughs is heard, And by the whisper of no winds that pass The silence of the summer day is stirred. Where yonder fringe of matted seaweed shows
 The highest limit of the pillows reach, In lazy languor, as it ebbs and flows, The full tide plashes on the sandy beach. And overhead so vast and blue, one dreams Of oceans held in equipOise, the sky, With here and there a sunlit cloud that seems The white wings of some vessel drifting by, It was, methinks, on such another morn Some dreamer of the fabled days of yore Saw Neptune, heralded by Triton's horn, First speed hls chariot the waters o'er. Or, lying hidden in some basky shade, And looking outward over level lawns, Heard those welrd melodies which Pan es saved
 On tuneful reeds, to please his dancing lawns.
 And were those merely myths? Here, by the verge
 Of the old ocean, he who dreams may see The Nereids from their caves emerge, And hear Pans pipe resOund across the lea
 -piIOL
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-15

suffered from very severe cold in my head for months and used every = thing recommended, but could get no relief. Was advised to use Ely's Cream Balm. It has worked like magic in its cure. am free from my cold after using the Balm one week, and believe it is the best remedy known. Feeling grateful for what it has done for me, I send this testimo- nial.-Samuel J. Harris, Wholesale Grocer, l19 Front St., New York.
 Two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm cured the wife of we'll known U. s. A. General and also two army officers in Arizona of catarrh.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-15
Carl Pretzel's Philosophy.
Sunday National.

Ofer dhere vas tax of two tollart to come der world in, der population, would be shmall init penurious fel- lers.
 Offer you got friend dots bessel you back him sthrong. Ofer you got an enemy look him on his face init 6 loud tone of voice.
 Der friends of a feller dat don't got a cent vas all in heaven ub.
 "Ofer vas a leedle piece of sthean I'd blow you ub, old mansw Dot vas vat mine poy did tole me on my face de day behindt yesterday. We'll, I got my mat ub, und so sure vat Tiff, made dot poy dink vas his ladder.